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JP 15694896 A 19960618

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[origin: EP0814091A2] A monoclonal antibody specifically reactive to a human growth hormone with a molecular weight of about 20,000, a cell line capable of producing the monoclonal antibody and an immunoassay of a human growth hormone having a molecular weight of about 20,000 using the monoclonal antibody. An animal cell capable of producing an antibody specific to a human growth hormone having a molecular weight of 20,000 (20k hGH) was prepared from an animal immunized with 20k hGH. The animal cell was fused with a myeloma cell to produce a monoclonal antibody which specifically reacted to 20k hGH, but substantially not to 22k hGH. The monoclonal antibody was useful for immunoassay of 20k hGH. <IMAGE>